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..=\*$¤#@# . the dream . #@#¤$*\=..
...=\*$¤#@ . of being swallowed . @#¤$*\=...
....=\*$¤# . by the beast. . #¤$*\=....
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......=\*$ # inside ================ # $*\=......
.....=\*$¤ . an animal . as if . to be safe ¤$*\=.....
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..=\*$¤#@# =..#### =..###=.. ####=. #@#¤$*\=..
...=\*$¤#@ =..#### =..###=.. ####=. @#¤$*\=...
....=\*$¤# the dream of resting inside another #¤$*\=....
.....=\*$¤ animal. thats how it starts, ¤$*\=.....
......=\*$ =.. with the dream, ..= $*\=......
.......=\* =..####=..###=..####=. *\=.......
......=\*$ but this time i was curious of where it $*\=......
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...=\*$¤#@ \\ == == == == == == == == == == \\ @#¤$*\=...
..=\*$¤#@# #@#¤$*\=..
...=\*$¤#@ the first gate is the lips @#¤$*\=...
....=\*$¤# #¤$*\=....
.....=\*$¤ . . to get at the throat. . ¤$*\=.....
......=\*$ $*\=......
.......=\* to be falling into the water, the *\=.......
......=\*$ ocean, the void, but it must be done in $*\=......
.....=\*$¤ the right way - in a very specific way. ¤$*\=.....
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.....=\*$¤ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ ¤$*\=.....
......=\*$ it's not a bad feeling, at first. it's $*\=......
.......=\* slow... graceful... but then it gets *\=.......
......=\*$ too much and you faint. $*\=......
.....=\*$¤ \#..\=....=.===============\\\\\\\ ¤$*\=.....
....=\*$¤# \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close #¤$*\=....
...=\*$¤#@ to nature) @#¤$*\=...
..=\*$¤#@# \#..\=....=.===============\\\\\\\ #@#¤$*\=..
...=\*$¤#@ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (you will feel very close @#¤$*\=...
....=\*$¤# to the beast that is everything) #¤$*\=....
.....=\*$¤ \#..\=....=.===============\\\\\\\ ¤$*\=.....
......=\*$ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ (only through its help) $*\=......
.......=\* \#..\=....=.===============\\ (very *\=.......
......=\*$ hard to get here without the aid of the $*\=......
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....=\*$¤# submerged in the animal) \\\ \\ #¤$*\=....
...=\*$¤#@ (becoming the animal) \\\ (forget @#¤$*\=...
..=\*$¤#@# everything else) \\\ \\ (my soul is the #@#¤$*\=..
...=\*$¤#@ beast's soul) \\\ (a sludgy sense of @#¤$*\=...
....=\*$¤# satisfaction. it's good) \\\ (it's #¤$*\=....
.....=\*$¤ good) \\\ \\ (breathing heavily) \\\ ¤$*\=.....
......=\*$ \\\ \\ (the two souls will move $*\=......
.......=\* together) \\\ (merge and dissolve) \\\ *\=.......
......=\*$ (collective body) \\\ (rearranged and $*\=......
.....=\*$¤ reordered) \\\ (the individual is not ¤$*\=.....
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